**Summary:** Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page. **Required Skills:** Sanctions Program Enhancement Lead Responsibilities: 1. Embed compliance into product design by advising product managers and engineers on sanctions risks in new features, geographic expansions, payment flows, and user-generated content. 2. Conduct sanctions risk assessments for product launches, third-party integrations, and cross-border transactions. 3. Utilize market practice and standards in executing projects and apply “big picture” strategic thinking and regulatory knowledge to screening control evaluation and scoping out enhancements. 4. Ensure compliance with restricted party screening, geofencing, and export controls, proactively addressing regulatory risks before product deployment. 5. Understand a wide spectrum of financial and non-financial products and platforms to make logical and risk-based recommendations for screening control enhancements, and proactively identify areas for improvement. 6. Partner with engineering to integrate automated sanctions compliance controls, such as real-time screening, transaction filtering, and geo-restrictions. 7. Oversee and optimize sanctions screening tools (e.g., Dow Jones, Refinitiv World-Check, Comply Advantage, internal case management systems) to improve accuracy and efficiency. 8. Implement automated geo-blocking and access controls using Cloudflare, MaxMind, and Digital Element to prevent unauthorized usage from sanctioned jurisdictions. 9. Work with engineering, data, and security teams to build real-time monitoring systems, leveraging machine learning models and artificial intelligence for sanctions risk detection. 10. Enhance fuzzy logic matching algorithms to reduce false positives in sanctions screening and improve compliance automation. 11. Analyze and investigate flagged transactions from sanctions screening and monitoring systems (e.g., Actimize, SAS AML, Quantexa). 12. Conduct deep-dive investigations into potential violations using SQL, Python, and blockchain analytics tools (Chainalysis, TRM Labs) to detect hidden risks. 13. Work with security and fraud teams to identify and prevent sanctions evasion tactics, such as IP spoofing, VPN usage, or illicit crypto transactions. 14. Support regulatory reporting, internal audits, and enforcement actions, ensuring timely disclosure of potential sanctions violations. 15. Help managing ad hoc initiatives for the Sanctions Program tower. 16. Lead and enhance sanctions compliance across Meta's global products and platforms. 17. To partner with product, engineering, legal, and security teams, this ensure that products, transactions, and user interactions comply with global sanctions laws, including OFAC, EU, UN, and UK regulations. 18. Understanding of both regulatory requirements, complex systems, and technical solutions to design scalable, automated compliance frameworks that enable innovation, scalability, and accuracy while mitigating sanctions risk. **Minimum Qualifications:** Minimum Qualifications: 19. Requires a Master's degree (Foreign equivalent accepted) in Business, Business Administration, International Relations, Business Analytics, or a related field and 60 months of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation 20. Requires 12 months of experience in the following: 21. 1. OFAC, EU, UK, and global sanctions programs, including regulatory enforcement and compliance frameworks 22. 2. API-driven sanctions screening solutions and risk-based compliance workflow integration 23. 3. SQL, Python, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and AI/ML applications for compliance automation 24. 4. Compliance data analysis and visualization using ASANA, Tableau, and GSD 25. 5. Sanctions screening and monitoring system analysis using Actimize, SAS AML, and Quantexa 26. 6. Transaction investigation and sanctions violation detection using SQL, Python, and blockchain analytics tools (Chainalysis, TRM Labs) 27. 7. Sanctions evasion detection, including IP spoofing, VPN usage, and cryptocurrency transaction monitoring **Public Compensation:** $185,318/year to $231,110/year + bonus + equity + benefits **Industry:** Internet **Equal Opportunity:** Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. 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